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Re: Trim space chars from start of line
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Re: Trim space chars from start of line


  • Subject: Re: Trim space chars from start of line
  • From: Deivy Petrescu <email@hidden>
  • Date: Mon, 25 Jul 2011 17:03:05 -0400

On Jul 25, 2011, at 15:30 , KOENIG Yvan wrote:

>
> Le 25 juil. 2011 à 20:10, Zavatone, Alex a écrit :
>
>> on TrimSpacesFromStartOfLine(myText)
>> 		set myLength to the length of myText
>> 		set myChar to character 1 of myText
>>
>> 		repeat while (myChar = " ")
>> 			if myLength > 1 then
>> 				set myText to characters 2 through myLength of myText as string
>> 				set myLength to the length of myText
>> 				set myChar to character 1 of myText
>> 			else
>> 				set myText to ""
>> 				set myChar to ""
>> 			end if
>> 		end repeat
>>
>> 		return myText
>> 	end TrimSpacesFromStartOfLine
>
>
> Here is my stripped version
>
> on TrimSpacesFromStartOfLine(myText)
>
> 	repeat while (first character of myText = " ")
> 		if myText > space then
> 			set myText to characters 2 through -1 of myText as string
> 		else
> 			set myText to ""
> 			exit repeat
> 		end if
> 	end repeat
>
> 	return myText
> end TrimSpacesFromStartOfLine
>
> my TrimSpacesFromStartOfLine("      just for see.")
>
> Yvan KOENIG (VALLAURIS, France) lundi 25 juillet 2011 21:29:39
>

(script)
set t to "      set myText to characters 2 through myLength of myText as string"
set t to characters of t
if (contents of item 1 of t) = space then repeat while (contents of item 1 of t) is space
	set t to rest of t
end repeat
t as string
(script)



Deivy Petrescu
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